Overview

• Speaking to reporters at the White House, the president said matches would be moved if he judged a host city unsafe, while expressing hope that no changes would be needed.
• He said the same standard could be applied to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
• The administration has sent the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington and threatened deployments to Memphis and Chicago, which Chicago and the state of Illinois publicly rejected.
• News outlets and legal analysts highlight major hurdles to any reassignment of host cities due to signed agreements and questions over federal authority.
• Trump chairs a federal World Cup task force and maintains close ties with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who has voiced full trust in the U.S. government to help deliver the tournament.